Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history
Baiturrahim Mosque was one of few structures left standing in the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Frans Delian / shutterstock
On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the deadliest tsunami in human history.
As coastal engineers who specialise in tsunamis and how to prepare for them, we have seen how the events of 2004 reshaped our global disaster management systems.
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